There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
ELISABETH ELLIOTThe devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms.
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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
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Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.
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Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, ‘Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?’
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A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.
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God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.
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